Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas Patentshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TXPT/browse/?start=2602014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas PatentsChimney.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512359/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512359/"><img alt="Chimney." title="Chimney." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512359/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for certain new and useful improvements in chimneys, including instructions and illustrations.</p>Horse-Power And Pumping-Jack.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509367/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509367/"><img alt="Horse-Power And Pumping-Jack." title="Horse-Power And Pumping-Jack." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509367/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and useful improvement in a horse power and jumping jack, including instructions and illustrations.</p>Bicycle-Frame.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508650/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508650/"><img alt="Bicycle-Frame." title="Bicycle-Frame." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508650/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and useful bicycle frame, including instructions and illustrations.</p>Can-Opener2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514018/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514018/"><img alt="Can-Opener" title="Can-Opener" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514018/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved can opener. This design "consists of can-opener comprising a blade or cutter vertically adjustable to allow it to be forced into a can-head to be cut" (lines 34-36).</p>Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509001/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509001/"><img alt="Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars." title="Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509001/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements on racks in railway-cars including more storage for smaller items, an adjustable rack for children or elderly persons to be able to reach without needing to stand on the car seat, a titled hinge that allows a rack to be pulled for ward and pushed back, and other improvements.</p>Gearing For Bicycles.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514376/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514376/"><img alt="Gearing For Bicycles." title="Gearing For Bicycles." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514376/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent relating to "a new and useful improvement in gearing for bicycles and the like, and has for its object to so construct and arrange a device of this description as to avoid sudden shocks or jars which are occasioned by unevenness in the road-bed over which the machine is traveling, and also to enable the rider to exert a sudden force upon the pedals without straining the framework or wheels of the machine" (lines 9-18).</p>Harness-Hame Attachment.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512002/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512002/"><img alt="Harness-Hame Attachment." title="Harness-Hame Attachment." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512002/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent "to provide a hame of strong and durable construction, simple in its arrangement, and having means of ready application of the necessary devices used in connection with harness attachments" (lines 14-18).</p>Disk Cultivator2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509853/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509853/"><img alt="Disk Cultivator" title="Disk Cultivator" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509853/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved "disk cultivator that will be adapted for the various purposes to which such devices are ordinarily applied. The invention consists in certain details of construction and combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-18)</p>Lemon-Squeezer.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510640/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510640/"><img alt="Lemon-Squeezer." title="Lemon-Squeezer." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510640/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new lemon squeezer design for "table purposes" (line 15) and "to provide a sanitary lemon squeezer" (lines 19-20) including instructions and illustrations.</p>Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509303/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509303/"><img alt="Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same." title="Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509303/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a composition pulp plaster designed as a substitute for ordinary lime-plaster and equivalent materials and particularly adapted for use in warm moist climates, where the ordinary lime-plaster lacks durability and is rendered non-adherent. A further objective of the invention is to provide a cheap substitute for plaster which will be not only waterproof, but also fireproof and gas-proof or practically impervious to air" (lines 9-18). It includes instructions for manufacturing the plaster with various proportions of the ingredients depending on the purpose.</p>